Florida Bandmasters Association
2021 ALL-STATE CONCERT BAND AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
(For the 9th and 10th grade All-State Band – auditioning in September of 2020 for the January 2021 FMEA Conference)
BRASS & PERCUSSION
1. All-State Concert Band membership rules and regulations:
a) The student must be in the ninth or tenth grade.
b) The decision of the selection committee is final.
c) Only instruments listed on the All-State Application or in the 2021 All-State Concert Band Requirements printed in the handbook may audition.
d) String Bass students should audition through the Florida Orchestra Association and must be a member of the band or orchestra program at their
school.
e) The student must be a member of the band program at their school and have their name submitted on the proper All-State Application form. The
Application form must be typed and signed by the band director and principal. The Application form must be submitted by the proper deadline date
as set by the District.
f) The band director must be a member of FBA/FMEA by September 1, 2020.
g) Students selected for any of the All-State groups must bring their own music stand, instrument, band uniform, etc.
2. All-State Concert Band Audition Requirements for Brass and Percussion:
When the student enters the room, he/she will be asked to perform:
a) The specific prepared exercises for their instrument(s) as listed in the All-State Concert Band Audition Requirements. Note the suggested tempi.
b) A chromatic scale covering the range for their instrument (as given in the All-State Concert Band Audition Requirements.) The scale will be
performed in even sixteenth notes at a minimum tempo of MM quarter note = 100. The scale will be tongued ascending and slurred descending
where applicable. Scale is to be memorized.
c) Twelve major scales, (in 2:30 minutes or less) from memory, complete with arpeggios, at a minimum tempo of MM quarter note = 120. Scales are
to be performed a minimum of 2 octaves where possible. Students who wish to play a 3rd octave may do so. All scales must be performed within
the allotted time frame. Scales must be performed in complete octaves. The scale pattern is . The arpeggio pattern is . The
scales will be tongued ascending and slurred descending where applicable. Scales will be performed in the circle of fourths, starting with the
concert key of: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G.
d) A short sight-reading exercise(s) to demonstrate the student’s reading ability. The student will have thirty seconds to study the piece before
playing it. (Percussionists will be required to sight-read on snare and mallets.)
2021 All-State Concert Band (9th and 10th grade) Prepared Exercises
Play the entire exercise unless specific measures are indicated.
Trumpet; Chromatic: 2 octaves from C Euphonium TC; Chromatic: 2 octaves from C
Lyrical Exercise: pg. 6, Coronation; m. 1-26, quarter note = 90 (transpose exercises)
Technical Study: pg. 16/17, Prelude and Pantomime; pick up to m. 102 - end, Lyrical Exercise: pg. 20/21, #16; beginning - m. 24 + 1 note, quarter note = 120
quarter note = 152 Melodious Etudes for Trombone, by Joannes Rochut, Ed. by Alan Raph (Bk1)
Concert Studies for Trumpet (written for Philip Smith) w/CD
Publisher: Curnow Music/Hal Leonard Technical Exercise: pg. 5, Moderato; m. 38-end, dotted quarter note = 88
Selected Studies for Trombone by H. Voxman
Publisher: Rubank/Hal Leonard
Horn in F; Chromatic: 2 octaves from F Tuba; Chromatic: 2 octaves from Bb
Lyrical Exercise: pg. 24, #6; top line, beginning - m. 22, no D.C., dotted quarter Lyrical Exercise: pg. 43, #26; quarter note = 60
note = 63 Technical Exercise: pg. 50, #9; dotted quarter note = 136
Technical Exercise: pg. 50, #20; quarter note = 112 Rubank Advanced Method Volume II
Rubank Advanced Method Volume II
Trombone; Chromatic: 2 octaves from Bb Percussion; Percussionists must audition in all three areas.
Lyrical Exercise: pg. 20/21, #16; beginning - m. 24 + 1 note, quarter note = 120
Melodious Etudes for Trombone, by Joannes Rochut, Ed. by Alan Raph (Bk1)
Mallets; Chromatic: 2 octaves from Bb
Technical Exercise: pg. 5, Moderato; m. 38-end, dotted quarter note = 88 Exercise: pg. 30-31, Giga from Partita No. 3, in E Major – Bach; beginning to
Selected Studies for Trombone by H. Voxman count 4 of m. 16, dotted quarter note = 65
Publisher: Rubank/Hal Leonard Masterworks for Mallets trans. by Beth Gottlieb
Publisher: Row-Loff
Euphonium BC; Chromatic: 2 octaves from Bb
Lyrical Exercise: pg. 20/21, #16; beginning - m. 24 + 1 note, quarter note = 120 Snare;
Melodious Etudes for Trombone, by Joannes Rochut, Ed. by Alan Raph (Bk1) Exercise: pg. 6, Etude 4; dotted quarter note = 58
Portraits in Rhythm (CR 1966) by Anthony Cirone,
Technical Exercise: pg. 5, Moderato; m. 38-end, dotted quarter note = 88 Publisher: Belwin Mills
Selected Studies for Trombone by H. Voxman
Publisher: Rubank/Hal Leonard
Timpani;
Exercise: pg. 30, Etude 19; no repeats, no 1st ending, half note = 72
Pedal to the Kettle by Kirk J. Gay
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Giga from Partita No. 3 in E Major
(BWV 1006)
q. = 65 Allegro J.S. Bach
transcribed by Joshua Priest
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Etudes and Solos for Timpani
by Kirk J. Gay
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S ect ion 1 - Two-Drum etudes
Etude 4
Etude 4 concentrates on moving quickly between drums. Again, I have purposely not included stickings
so you can decide whether shifting, crossing, or double strokes will work best for you. Measures 10 – 17
are an excerpt from the solo The Black Hammock, which is located in the last section of the book. The
etude should be played on the middle two drums. (26” & 29”)
q = 128
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Etude 19 Tympanic Metamorphoses
This etude is an ode to the timpani part from the 2nd movement of Hindemith’s Symphonic
Metamorphoses. Tempo control, dynamics, and balance among all four drums is the focus of this
piece. In measure 16 you can choose to use either cross sticking or doubles to play the repeated figure.
Whichever you decide, be sure that the rhythm is even and all the drums speak the same. In the final
section, work to get each dynamic softer than the previous dynamic. I like to muffle the C in the last
measure while I play the D to really get that note to speak.
h = 72
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S ect ion 2 - Four-Drum etudes
Etude 26 Rolling Down the Highway
Rolls are the main focus of this etude. The center section in 6/8 features a challenging passage of
constant rolling while tuning. As stated in the first section of the book, always lead with the same hand
as the direction you are moving. When moving to the right, lead with the right, etc. Work to make the
gliss in the next to last measure decrescendo and place the last note right in time. Resist the tendency to
let a space open up before the last downbeat.
q. = 72
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